Virgin Blue flight cancellations.
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Virgin Blue flight cancellations.
How many flights this weekend will end up cancelled due to the lack of crews??
Last weekends dramas will be hard to beat, but I'm sure BG has his finger on the pulse with all the latest developments with regard to the way pilots are feeling these days!!!!
Last weekends dramas will be hard to beat, but I'm sure BG has his finger on the pulse with all the latest developments with regard to the way pilots are feeling these days!!!!
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Received an email from a mate of mine last week and he says the VB troops are not happy campers at present.
Brett would know this wouldn't he ?
Brett would know this wouldn't he ?
Exxxxxxxxxxxxxxcellent
Hopefully the CC will see their proposed EBA for what it is and vote accordingly..............then management will once again realise how they could get it so wrong not once but twice!!
"Interesting times ahead Major"
"Interesting times ahead Major"
short flights long nights
and what was the reason for this?
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a several hundred pax sent across to JQ and QF, the ques at the QF terminal resembled Christmas time!
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...you should hear the pleading from poor desperate ops staff on our voicemail!
Cheers, HH.
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HH,what's causing this? .............................ummm........................... ...................greedy SHORTSIGHTED management ( lower case intentional) in Oz airlines.
Standby for more of the same in VB,QF etc.
Yea reaps what yea sow.
Standby for more of the same in VB,QF etc.
Yea reaps what yea sow.
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Doesn't answer my question, but does, if you know what I mean...
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If they are short of crew, it's not because there is a lack of suitable candidates.
I know plenty of guys with plenty of command turboprop time and 4-6000hrs under their belt that have never even had so much as a nibble on their application.
Go figure.
I know plenty of guys with plenty of command turboprop time and 4-6000hrs under their belt that have never even had so much as a nibble on their application.
Go figure.
It has very little to do with the quality of candidate,the most limiting factor being managements lack of awareness of the impending staffing shortfall. Driven largely by their mistaken belief in the proposed EBA which incidentaly was voted down by a resounding 87%!!
Now they find that even though they can recruit the numbers required,the training on Sim's has been snapped up by ever expanding middle east and far east operators.
Added to this the completely dis-engaged tech crews have been resigning in ever increasing numbers(12 in 10 days).
Not a very pleasant place to be so I've heard.
Now they find that even though they can recruit the numbers required,the training on Sim's has been snapped up by ever expanding middle east and far east operators.
Added to this the completely dis-engaged tech crews have been resigning in ever increasing numbers(12 in 10 days).
Not a very pleasant place to be so I've heard.
Added to this the completely dis-engaged tech crews